Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-17
DALLAS.
Financial sppeal for the Young Mems
Cbristlau Association "A Bold
Robbsry-An Assignment.
A Citizen Arrested for Pistol Toting-Ssruck
. Cofin-Mceting of the Mystic
shrine.

.nr1nes
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS. TEX, Dec. 16.-The board Of
directors Of the Young Mems Christian
Association met at their rooms this fore
noon, and after the financial condition Of
the association had been discussed it wss
resolved to make direct appeal to the
Christian people of Dallas for funds sui
ficient to defray the expenses
of running the association
by calling mass-meetiDg to
be held Sunday night next. The minis
t. rs are called upon to aid personally and
o ii ;ially to make the meeting success
There will be another meeting Of the
bosrd tomorrow to designate the church.
MeJ)r Hardee, q member OF the inter
national committee Of the Young Men s
Christian Association OF New York, was
present at the meeting. He is On his re-
turn home from visit to California.
A bold robbery occurred last night
st the fashionable boarding house of
Miss Smith on Mssten street by woman
assisted by man. The woman deliber-
stely walked into the house, the door of
the hall being open, and procee ded
to go through the upper roo 9
while the guests were engaged
in the parlors below. The man
was on the outside to receive the articles
as the woman gathered them up and
threw them out of the windows. A num-
Der OF articles OF clothing, opera glass,
jewelry, pistol, and other valuables had
found their way 10 the man below, when
a negro boy, employed at the house, d.
covered the man about the same time ME-
Berry, boarder, saw woman In the
hall aoove stairs and asked her if she was
the washer-woman, and received an
affirmative answer, but the woman was SO
frightened at being discovers6ahat in ap-
proschiDg the head of the Stairway she
lost her footing and fell to the. bpttom..
This gave general alarm in co6nectioHl
with the negro boys report, and In the
excitement, both man and waman MADE
their escape.
Robertson & Greyson, merchants,
against whom an attachment had been
run, assigned to-day. T. Meyers Conner
was appointed assignee.
A committee Of Aldermen, appointed
by the City Council, met in conjunction
wi number Of prominent citizens this
afternoon at the city hall to listen to Mr..
S. Upper Of New Orleans explain the
make, use, durability and cost of asphalt
pavements. Mr.. Topper addressed the
at quite length and to some
purpose, Judging from the general ex-
preston. The asphalt seems to be the
favorite. The city will in all probability
take decisive steps at their next meeting
While W. N Anderson was waiting for
his mail st the postoffice this morning an
{ ficer arrested him on the charge of car
ryIng q pistol, which, under the new law
Of fine and imprisonment, becomes Sc
rious matter. He explained that milk
man named Jones had given him the pistol
to care for, he further explaining that
said milknan had had trouble with one of
his hands who had threatened him, and
this morning upon leaving home had
armed himself, and had subsequently
askt Anderson to keep the weapon for
BIN, but his explanation was not suffi-
cient to release him from custody.
While force of men were at work
along the switch of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Eel railroad in the southern
part of the city, this morning, one of the
pick struck coffin, breaking
the lid and exposing the skeleton OF a
child, apparently about eight gears old at
the time of it's death. The first report
was that 1t was that Of q newborn babe,
creating considerable excitement in the
neighborhood. It was reinterred near the
spot where it was discovered.
Minnie Russell filed to-day suit for
divorce from her husband, Harry Russell.
They ere married in August, 1884. at
and lived together until No.
vember, 1856, when, she alleges, his treat
nent became so brutal che was compelled
TO leave him.
J. W. Berry, postmaster ct Justin,
Denton county, was brought before
United Sta'es Commissioner Bently to.
lay charged with voluntarily abandoning
The mail by hanging the mail bag on q
hob of door for the messenger TO get
when the train came into the station. He
was bound over to the next term OF court
n the sum OF $500. He gave the re-
1uired bond.
The members of Mystic Shrine held
heir second meeting in this state, to conf
Ter orders of the Shrine, in Dallas last
night. There were members from oil
parts Of the state. The order was con- |
'eIred On q member,ibut one of the great
features of the occasion was the after
oiece-the banquet, what is said to have
been grand beyond description. The Fort
Worth mobiles played conspicuous part,
md are highly complimented by their